Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-20 | Page 10 | The Marines

THE TIlE MARINES By Br a recent order President Roosevelt relegated the marines in the tile navy save sae in emergencies to home and colonial shore duties Admiral Dewey Dewcy and Rear Admiral Evans support this decision of the president president president dent but almost every other officer in the navy y is against it The rhe rea reason SOl is that they ther are are arc police of the i ina na navy that when there i is a matiny in iii the na navy or I when sailors go a ashore hore and get unmanageable the tile only force that they will respect is a marine force fhe They can go on shore and take lake them aboard and the drunkest kind o of a sailor will accept their authority whereas were the marines eliminated from front the na navy there would be rebellion against submitting to any number of sailors under such circumstances T The lC matter is soon to come up before congress an and the house committee on naval na affairs contrary to the presidents president's 8 order has agreed to recommend the retention of the marines marines It will probably be bc threshed out in congress and the biggest t argument in ill retaining them is that Great Britain which Britain which ismore ismore is ismore more sensitive about its navy than an any other power continues to maintain its marines on shipboard and aud there are arc no indications that the admiralty intend to withdraw this force from the vessels of the fleet It has been an institution in the navy y for a hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred years ears The old i idea ea was vas when ships went into battle and anel it was possible to grapple with an enemy enemy ene- ene my the marines acting as the infantry of the sea were s to board the enemy's craft All that has passed away under modern ships and guns there is no more of tile the hand band to hand fighting fighting but but still the tile marine force is is' is the only po power er which the sailors on a manof man manof manof of war respect It will be interesting to see sec what tho the debates in congress will bring forth V